West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-01-06

ltH ~. inH III INC Coluln5 OF tue pest D
paper no the county. and We feel like
we were at home 10 grasp our quill |
and bid our friends and pen pushers
good evening 1885. May YOU, Mr. |
L lilor, and the many readers orTnE !
ARGUS have a m,rry Christmas and
a happy new year. May the intelli.
gent corps Of correspondents VIII"
have contributed to The AuGUs en-
JOY happy Democratic feast during
the year of Hopewell is a
small village on the Brandonville
and Morganiown pike about two
miles west OF SOiom and Gormorrah
(Bruceton Mills, hut not least in in
t"rtst, education morals and agrl
cultural pursuits. This is one Of The
best farming S, ctions IN the county
aud Che barns aud prancrics OF this
section are well Tiled with grain and
roycnder. Their stock cattle and
sheep as well as their horses are well
cared for with good barns and sheds,
AID upon their tables are found "a
copy of a fam and agricultural pa.
per. thence, we md the citizens OF
this community from their euergy
and industry living at home and you
are made b. appreciate and enjoy
their hospita.iti,s by their amiablr
ways and lrankuess that surround
their circle of associalions.-Ou
! school is moving on with satisfactory
Results with w II. halter as teach
er, as far as we have been able to
learn Enrolment So; pupils, Is
boys and Is girls; Per cent Of daily
attendance for the first month ending
| Dec ID, 80 There are two things
necessary to make the school what il
should be and that is desks or seats,
and the other the necessary amt
| proper books that some Of the large
pupils should have. Persons inter
,sted i'm the school should look aft, r
this matt, r--O Our lyccum. or Con.
gross, orgarizyd at this place, and
| TN only congress in the district.
believe, is attracting the attention Of
the Werait of this community. The
SUBJECT ON last FRIDAY evening in
hich several of the Rcpresr natives
! distinguished themselves was, Re.
SoiCed, That the Signs of the times
are indicative of the downfall of our
gcv rnment. Arnold. of NV York,
claimed that cesession was still
spreading, while Scott, of Rhode
! Island C aimej that the war was over,
but admitted there was danger in the
'promulgation' OF the mugw0mps.
-r The Rev. Mr. Roberts, NJ. Z
Pastor OF the Brandonvllc circuit.
preached for us an interesting scr
mon when here last. We hope that
he will do SO again when he comes.
One wedding in our midst this
week. Miss l. ttic Joseph TO Mr.
McRodgers, 10y the Rev G orgc Lis
ton, it being the first couple made to
juice ia being one, 10y him Mr..
Pnilip Walls, son Of George Walls.
E,q., Of this dislrct returned from
Dakota Territory where he has been
or the last three years. lie brought
home with him his western wife
They will remain among their friends
until spring. Mr.. Hova Darby
wall leayo for Kansas on next Mon.
day where he Will, if the country
suits him, make his future home.
One by one the Young men leave this
county Gurlrude Michaels.
Of BrucetOn, Is visiting her aunt at
this place, Mr. Sophia McNair.--
Bruceton is the seat of modern Cos
sip, gass, destruction and legal juris-
prudence The latest action of law
was before the Board Of Education
ON last Monday in regard to Mr.
GOOding sending his children TO the
Hopcwell school while he lived in
another district Judle Maust was
acting attorney for the Gooding fam.
Ivy for which he was 90 receive So 90,
sayeth madam Rumor, but lost the
case. He was forced to take water
by Che sturdy ycomonry orthe Hope
wei District, while misrepresenting
thr district before Che Board Che
lie vas given several times and
Mau-t took shelter behind 81 counter
There Is no doubt that Maust, and
some other. equally important as he,
have been the cause Of these poor
children being out ortnc school room
tor two years. --A c could write q
whole volume ON school matters i'm